Pioneer Men's Basketball

07-08 team

STOREY EARNS ALL-AMERICAN HONORS

Wayland Baptist University’s Danny Storey has been named as a 2008 NAIA 2nd team All-American.  Two other Pioneers, Michal Polanowski and Lee Berend, were named to the 2008 Daktronics/NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete team.  >>Read More

 

SEASON ENDS FOR PIONEERS

NAIA Tourn. LogoWayland got a career high 26 points from senior post Danny Storey, but it wasn't enough to overcome 13 three-pointers by 5th-seeded Mountain State University as the Pioneers fell to the Cougars, 84-71, in the second round of the 2008 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.   >>Read More

 

PIONEERS TO MEET MOUNTAIN STATE
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For the fourth time in their last five trips to the NAIA Men’s Division I National Championship Tournament, the Wayland Baptist Pioneers will face Mountain State University of West Virginia.  The game is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium.

WBU played the Cougars in the first round of the 2002 tourney, losing 85-71.  In 2003 and 2004, the Pioneers and Cougars met in the second round with Mountain State coming out on top both times, 94-85 and 84-66.  MSU went on to reach the championship game in both those years, winning the national title in 2004.  >>Read More

 

Pioneer Basketball wins at naia tourney

Jon HurtKansas City, Mo.---Jon Hurt hit four straight free throws down the stretch to help lead the Pioneers to a hard-fought 89-85 victory over Martin Methodist College in the first round of the 2008 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Championship Tournament.

The WBU men will advance to take on #5 Mountain State University of West Virginia on Friday morning at 9 a.m.  >>Read More

 

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT GAMES TO BE BROADCAST LIVE

Wayland basketball fans have three different ways to enjoy the Pioneers' run during the Buffalo Funds/NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Tournament next week. KKYN Radio will broadcast the games LIVE both on the radio (KKYN 1090 AM) and online (www.kkyn.net).

In addition, the first 28 games of the Championships will be video-streamed LIVE by the NAIA on the Internet, while the Semifinal round (March 24) and National Championship Game (March 25) will air live nationwide on CBS College Sports Network (CSTV), with Jason Knapp calling the action and Steve Wolf providing color analysis. Click here for more details about the video-stream.

 

PIONEERS TO OPEN NATIONAL TOURNEY

DI MBB logoThe Pioneers will play the opening game of the 71st Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament.  WBU will take on #12 seed Martin Methodist College of Tennessee at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19.

If the Pioneers advance, they will take on either #5 seed Mountain State or Olivet Nazarene in the second round on Friday at 9 a.m.    >>Read More

 

PIONEERS FALL IN SAC SEMIS

EDMOND, Okla. -- Much like the first two meetings between Oklahoma City University and Wayland Baptist University, Saturday's Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal was very physical and hard fought. Unfortunately for the Pioneers of WBU, the outcome was the same as the first two, as Oklahoma City came up with an 81-69 win at the Payne Athletic Complex on the campus of Oklahoma Christian University.   >>Read More